I wish I could say I was hard at work on the new site. I wish this post would be the long-awaited announcement that the new domain was ready to roll. But sadly, the House of Annie is not moving to a new domain (yet).

The House of Annie is literally moving to Malaysia.

The short version goes like this: In April, we got word that Annie had to fulfill her two-year homestay requirement as stipulated on her foreign exchange visa. Decisions were made, and as a result, we will be leaving the US to live in Malaysia in August. (For those of you who want the long version, see my Xanga post on the subject.)

So, rather than migrating posts and tweaking templates, I have been busy making arrangements, getting rid of everything, and preparing to move our family. We’ve also been trying to spend time with our friends before we leave. It’s a lot to do in a short amount of time.

Just the Beginning

This doesn’t mean that the House of Annie blog is ending. NO WAY! As the song says, “we’ve only just begun".” We’ve so much more to share with you!

We have a lot of pictures and recipes queued up to post. We have also been eating out at some of our favorite places, as well as new places we’ve been meaning to try. All those merit blog posts as well.

Malaysia has some of the most fantastic food in the world. Annie has been dying to savor the comfort foods of her youth, so you know we’ll be blogging a lot about eating out in Malaysia. We’ll also be closer to her Mum and family, so there’s bound to be lots of home-cooked dishes as well as baking recipes.

Give Us Some Time

As our move date looms ever closer, I think we’ll be hard pressed to keep up with the posts. Especially after we move out of our place and lose our broadband connection. I don’t know what the broadband Internet situation will be like when we move to Malaysia either. Please bear with us!

The best way to stay in touch with us is to subscribe to our blog either through the RSS feed or through email. Once things get a little more settled, then we will figure out how much blogging we can do from there.

Annie & Nate, I am addicted to your blog and I will be following your blog where ever you are. I left Malaysia when I was 18, that was 15 yrs ago. Now living in Chicago. Your blog is one my go to recipes place when I am homesick. A lot good outcome from the recipes as well. Thank you.

With your upcoming local food updates, I will be able to go eat at the latest hot spots when I go home.

Good luck with the move Annie & Nate! I wished we met earlier but I'm glad we did finally meet. I'll be following your culinary adventures in Malaysia. I'm sure it'll seem like home after awhile but for your readers it'll be like following you on an exotic extended travel adventure. And if you ever get home sick for California you can always check back at my blog. ;-) Safe travels!

Wahhhh! Say it isn't so! Sigh. Wish you guys weren't moving. But I know things always work out. So, I look forward to the day that you can return to the South Bay. We'll drink some more pineapple martinis to celebrate that when the time comes. ;)

Good luck in your move. How overwhelming ... hope you can store your smoker if you can't bring it with you. :) Yours is the second food blog I ever saw, and I've been following ever since. Look forward to when you get set up again.

I have missed your posts, but look forward to your appraisal of MY and posts about your 2 year adventure. Are you going to live in the KL area? We plan on moving to KL in 2010 or 2011, depending on the recession. Please post about your impressions on general life in MY. Thanks so much.

Best luck to you and your new adventures in your new home. It was great meeting Annie and you at the Foodbuzz Featured Food Publisher @ Gochi. We enjoy reading your recipes on House of Annie and hope that you keep the blog updated with new flavorful inspirations from Malaysia.

Hi Nate Annie - welcome home to Malaysia. it will be a transition but don't worry you will love it here. Especially the food...you will have so much to write about. But I know it will be hard at first to adjust but with God's will and grace, everything will be under control. I pray for a smooth transition.

Aw :O( Sad to hear of this, even if I don't personally know you guys. And I'm in FL. But I hope that your family has a safe trip, and good luck in Malaysia. I agree with the other users; I will follow the blog wherever you guys may be! :O)

I hope your move is easy and that broadband connection when you get there is available. I had hoped since we live in the same area that we could one day meet and share some food. We'll have to do that when you get back in two years! In the meantime I'm looking forward to your adventures in Malaysia.

Wow, what a big adventure for you. I'm sure there will be some stress involved, but I'm looking forward to seeing what recipes you'll be sharing from there. I'll definitely keep subscribing until you get back to regular updates.

I'm a huge fan of Eating Asia. Give those guys my best wishes if you do get to meet them!

Oh NO! But, oh WOW at the same time! We'll all miss you here from the states but know that you'll be just as happy in Malaysia. Good luck to your family and we look forward to following your eating adventures over there.

Oh my, the journey has just begun indeed! Malaysia is food haven and there will be so many culinary adventure to experience. I wish you guys all the best and my goodness, this means when i go back for CNY, we'll probably be able to meet up as well! Happy packing and all the best Nate&Annie :)